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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

comcal Doctor is now doing literary work in
some large publishing house. He is reported to
be valuable in his department., though still
quaint and curious in the extreme OF late, /
understand. he is not nearly SO much OF an &C.
centric comedian he was at the Harpers es-
Establishment.
has edited the magazine, and edited 1t ably. re-
ceivng at present a salary Of S., 900. He, too,
has his peculiarities, which are soon mastered,
it is said. by those associated with him, but
which DEFY the comprehension of most visitors
to his Office. A mber of old contributors, in
deed, confess their inability to get any key TO
his complex and vervarying character. as they
regard it. They say that when they think
they have sounded his depth and plucked out
the heart of his mystery he suddenly reveals
another side of bis nature which completely
battles them. They add that he always disap-
points them, as often agreeably as disagreeably.
When they, for experiments sake, propose
it, be is very apt to approve of it
cordially. When they go to him, full of
theme, sure that he will close with them the
moment it is mentioned, he fatty rejects 1t with
the remark that it Is not at all in our line.
Some litterateurs consider Alden riddle that
cannot be read backward, forward. or upside
down; that he out sphinxes the sphinx; that he is
acontemporaneous set of hieroglyphics that can
not be deciphered.
have heard so many stories of him that I
imagine he must have formed a theory about
editing, the main feature of which is that the
editorial mind should be impenetrable. This
would explain many of his changes and devia-
row; his emphatic statement in the morning and
his equally emphatic contradiction in the after
noon. He may not wish any to get clew
to him lest his usefulness should be impaired
and his reputation diminished. IL this be his
object ne is evidently successful in carrying il
out He may be a man of moods; who alters
with the hours; whose individuality is in state
of perpetual hux; who is not responsible for his
view beyond the immediate present. Or he
may be a humorist, Improvement and en-
largement in the American form of Roger
de Coverley If he is entirely
of his oddities all genuine
humorists are. being convinced that he is
one of the simplest and drectest of natures
They who judge him unkndly-particuarly
they whose manuscripts he has returned
should remember that he has been more than
twenty years in the employment OF tie Harpers.
and that all that time he has been reader
for the firm. The effects of all sorts
of manuscripts upon the eye and
through the eye upon the brain for so long
a period, may be somewhat abnormal. Bat
whatever the cause of Aldens pecularities.
which wholly harmless, he is excellent
editor, and the firm would not, understand.
part with him any account. He is always
polite to contributors, and his effort to save
their feelings at times may be msconstrued
The writer of q declined manuscript is not prone
to the most charitable Judgment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
The Correct Time.

There very few men who do not pride
themselves on always having the correct time;
aad wonderful and delicate mechanisms de-
vised to enable them to do But the more
delicate a chronometer is made the more subject
it becomes to arrangement and unless it be kept
always perfectly clean IL soon loses its useful
ness. What wonder. then. that the human ma
chinese much more delicate and intricate than
any work of man-should require to be kept thor
oughly cleansed The liver is the handspring
of this complex structure, and on thu impurities
left in tho blood by disorderdd liver depend
most of the ills that flesh is heir to- Even con-
sumption (which 10 lung scrofula) is traceable to
the imperfect action of this organ. Kidney dis
eases skin diseases, sick headache, heart dis
ease, dropsy, and long catalogue of grave NAL
aides have their origin in torpid or sluggish
liver DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical discovery. by
establishing a healthy, normal action of the
liver, acts as cure and preventive of these dis
eases.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
DuelinS Between Women In France.
....n +ri, in ,Ic,.. ToIn.-

DISPATCH LONDON IeIegraph.
Dueling among women threatens to come into
vogue in Paris, and the old practice of demolish-
ing chignons tearing off hats bonnets, and
leaving the imprint of nails in faces when quarrels
to be adjusted, will probably be discared for
more summary means of obtaining satisfaction.
Yesterday two well dressed women came face to
face with each other in the Rue Laurence
Savart, and bystanders were surprised to hear
them suddenly begin to objurgate one ananother
in a vociferous manner worthy of the Nine. An
COTS, of the Central Market. Public interest in
the spectacle was, however, more deeply aroused
when one of the scoids pulled revolver from
some mysterious part of her bodice and leveled
it at her adversary. The adversary fumbled
about for her weapon of defense. but before she
had time to present it bullet whistled near her
ears and she tainted away in a manner hardly
worthy of Amazon. The assailant. a Nine.
Celestine, was seized by the on lockers and dis
armed. while her unlucky rival was carried in
sensible. but uninjured. to adjacent phar-
mace ltcal establishment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
Even In the Sick Room the Doctors Regard
It as the First Great Essential.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Maitland Express.
What is the first great essential in the sick
room2"
Three score or more OF young nurses struggled
their heads. hearts and hands ached, and the old
gray headed professor who put the question
smiled and shook his head in the negative as one
after another got up and tried TO answer the
conundrum in a manner satisfactory to their
aged and experienced interrogater. The answers
ranged from "quietude," "air' and "a pa
tent" through the list of pharmaceutical prep
arations down to "a good doctor and "a good
nurse" when finally the professor answered the
question himself.
sary in sick ROOM" said he. THE best time to
begin the career of an honest nurse Is when you
first enter the sick room. Do SO boldly. honest
ly and at once. Do not spend five minutes turn
produce q series of little clicks, finally termin-
atipg in a loud snap. Go into the room quietly,
of course, but let it be in manner that shows
you have a right there. Never say to your
only exciteS them and should be avoided. 1t IS
also we'll to do all things necessary when they
should be done. This waiting for the patient
to fall asleep is dishonest in the extreme. Be-
cause a sick mans eyes are shut it does not fol-
low that he is asleep. He may be acutely con-
offciously attentive. Such a practice is really
one of the most common orms of dishonesty in
the sick room. Patients often yield to sug-
gestions from such persons in sheer extremity.
They do so for the sake of peace. 1 was in
sick room recently when relative of the sufferer
arrived. She had come to nurse the patient. l
told her to repress all emotion and this is how
she did it: Shall l raise your head littleg Let
let me give you another pillow! What can get
for youl Try some arrowroot. Perhaps you
would rather have tea; it wont take a minute TO
make it. Isn't there too much draft for youP"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
YESTERDAYS SECOND EDITION.
lThe following items of news appeared in our
Second Edition of Sunday:
Baseball Saturday.

Baseball Saturday.
BOSTON, 10; INDIANAPOLIS, IL.
BOSTON. Sept 3--The game between the Bos-
ton aud indianapolis clubs abounded in runs and
errors Shreve pitched for Indianapolis, and
was very wild. The errors were "A for Indian
apolis and II for Boston. Boston earned IL runs
and Indianapolis s.
DETROIT, IL; NEW YORK, TO-
NEW YORK. Sept 3.-Heavy batting and
good fielding enabled the Detroits to defeat the
New Yorks at the Polo grounds to-day. Both
teams played rather loose game at times,
when errors and base hits were frequent
WEIGH was hit frequently. and in the fifth inn
ing the De,roits pounded him all over the field.
Then tho Giants found ont how to hit Gatzein,
and they kept the visitors felders dancing
around lively. Wslch had a funny way OF
striking. He strikes at the air about three
times, and then. on tue last strike, manages to
hit something and obtain safe hit Gore
played we'll, and won much applause by his bril-
liant batting and base running. Brouthers and
Richardson carried off the honors for the visit
ors. An immense crowd was present and great
enthusiasm prevailed, especially when the
Giants made the six runs. Keefe umpired the
game. and although the crowd took exceptions
to his rulings at times. he umpired fairly well.
Attendance, 1911 Score:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
He Was Very Polite.

Philadelphia Times.
There was very polite man aboard yellow
cable car No 1S9 Market street yesterday.
He was tall and bony. and had been having a
good time. in spite of Sunday liquor laws. There
was only one other passenger in the car and the
polite man had whole side to himself. A,
Tenth street a well-dressed young woman 60,
aboard.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." said the young man
bow.
THANK you, sir, but there are other seats.
said she.
Notwithstanding take -hic-my
sheet" said he.
well, really, there is plenty of room," she
answered nervously.
II can-hic stand with the Others" he gal
lantly replied, and then the Chesterfieldian pas
senger insisted, and the young woman was
driven by the persistent and dignifed politeness
to take the proffered seat, while the polite man
raised his hat and grew more dignifed as he
stood in the almost empty as it speeded on
its way across the Schuylkill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
Henry George as a ouack.


A great light is thrown upon the George Mo
Glynn antipoverty crusade by response which
Mr. George makes in his paper this week to a
man who wrote him letter suggesting that
fund OF $4,000 be raised to provide coal and
soup for the poor of New York next winter. Mr..
project. saying that the Antpoyerty Society
was formed TO abolish poverty, not TO relieve the
poor. aud that lin using all the money
raise to urge on the crusade we have begun
we shall be using it for far higher
and more benehcent purpose than il we
applied IL to aims giving." What this purpose
IS we presume Is indicated by another remark
in the same paper, that the great means by
which the emancipation of labor is to be at
tanned Is not the carrying of elections, but the
stimulation OF thought" In other words the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
The Wonderful Electric Telegraph.

MIIWAukee >entlDeI
The country can hardly be too grateful to the
memory of Mr.. Morse, whoever invented the
Geographic of electricity. Owing to the tele-
grauh, the newspapers are able to receive such
news as the following, on the very day of the
event:
Special to the Baltimore Sun.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Mrs Cleveland went
shopping Pennsylvania avenue to-day. She
Attn el il plain black jersey jacket brown hat. and
a dress of brown and white dotted material. Albert
Hawkins. the faithful execu,i coschman. with the
seal frowns and the Victoria. followed his young
mistress from door door she made the round of
the various stores.
There ought to be monument erected in
honor of tho inventor of telegraphy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
Desperate Assassinated.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 3-Information was
received here night of the killing of Jack Tur
nevsa Pineville. KY, Friday. Turner
the leader of one party in mountain vendetta
which has lasted more than twenty years Be-
sides his father-in-law and brother-in-law, he
had killed three or four men. among them the
sheriff of the county. The murder of the latter
occurred about four weeks ago, while
that; official and a posse were at
tackfhg Turner's party. who made a
desperate resistance from a barrcaded
house. Turner was arrested. and being unable
to obtain any one to go upon his bond was com
PEELED 20 put up the amount in hard cash from
his own funds This he did. being quite wealthy.
AT the time of the murder he walking down
the principal street of Pineville. He had
rived opposite the leading hotel of the place
when voliey from party of men concealed in
one of the front rooms felled him instantly.
When his body examined it was
found that it had been pierced by
fifteen bullets from Winchester rifles
and one load of buckshot The vendetta alluded
to originated in family dispute. Bell county
is one of the widest and most lawIess of the
mountain counties never having been touched.
until recently, by railroad. A jury which was
impaneled after the murder found that Jack
Turner a nephew of the dead man. and Bob
Sowders were members of the party who fred
upon him. The others unknown, but all
made their escape in boat on the Cumberland
river which runs past the rear Of the hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
A Hint to Publishers.

Contributor 20 n. 7. Epoch.
When a dropsical manuscript is returned to
the writer by the postman with az important an
air as If he were delivering the tite-deeds Of an
immense estate it smarts! Therefore, / would
suggest to editor. that he DO not return man
uscripts by mail, thus exposing them to the cold
unfeeing scrutiny of an unsympathetic world,
bus that he kindly deposit them in the hollow of
a tree in of the parks, thereby enabling
zone more unfortunate" in the friendly shad-
ows of the cleaning, 80 steathilv glide to the
impromptu mail-box and resume possession of
the undesirable property. Such delicate action
the part of an editor would be duly appre-
ciated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Dr. Whitmore. of
Waterloo. ILL.,. delegate to the international
medical congress here, who was travelling east
ward over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, was
missed by his friends early this morning, coon
after the train left Grafton. Diligent search es
tabshed the fact that he was not on the train.
Tonight his friends learn that he was picked up
alongside the track near CORVALLIS. W. Va,
badly bruised and insensible. He fell off the
platform of sleeper while the train was run
ming twenty-five thirty miles an hour, but
will recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
Murdered and Thrown in a River.

MEMPHIS, Sept 3.-Last Wednesday W. P.
Coffman, Dick Walker, Charles Webber and AL
Mcmahon. four white men employed at a stave
factory located near Brunswick, Tenn, shot and
killed q negro named Jim Eastman. After rid
ding his body with bullets they tied rope
around his neck and threw him into Hatchie
river The negro had had a fight with Coffman,
which was his only offense. Coffman has been
arrested and committed to Jail without ball.
The others have fed. Coffman is the superin-
tendent of the factory which employs one hun
dred hands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
A Cheerful Farmers Boy.
Boston Journal.


This conversation is reported to have occurred
between a traveller passing a corn field. where
the stalks were few. and yellow. and stunted and
boy hoeing in the field: You seem to have a
small crop of corn. my boy" YES was the
prompt response, 1--WE always plant the small
kind" fBut il is very yellow" "Oh, yes;
father prefers the yellow variety" But,
mean. you won't have more than a half crop
"Oh, no, we don't expect it, father ard uncle al.
ways plant on shares" Evidently there was
nothing the matter with that corn-feld.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
Brakeman Killed.

DAYTON, O.. Sept. 3.-Thomas Lonas, OF this
city, a brakeman, coming in with Panhan-
die excursion from Indianapolis. was standine
on the step of coach, leaning out and looking
to the rear of the train. He struck by an
iron bridge Wolf creek. and instantly
killed. the body falling twenty feet into the
stream below. Lonas had been laid off for sew
eral weeks account of sickness, and this was
his first trip since recovery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
PHILADELPHIA,
CHICAGO.
----- Totals. 3 10
Totals. IA % 81 II
Philadep hiac o Q OLD
Chicago. 3 o o o O O. 3

Earned runs-Philadelphia. 8; Chicago. 2. Two
base hits-Cements. Mcclure, Burns. Baldwin, An
Stolen bases-Ferguson. Fogarty 20. Clements.
Ryan, DAILY. Double pay-Bastiau and Farrar. First
Farrar, Irwin. Bastian. Casey. Ryan. Arson. DAILY.
Baldwin. Hit by pitched baldwin, Mcclure First
base errors-Philadephia a; Chicago. 1. Struck
out-Wood 81. Clements. Petit. Baldwin. Passed
balls-McGuire 1; Petit, /; DAILY. I. Wild
pitches Casey. 1; Baldwin, 1. Time-Two hours
and twenty-five minutes Umpre-Doescher
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
The Biggest Plank.

San Francisco Elk aminer.
Many large redwood specimen panks have
been cut for exhibition purposes in this State
but the largest specimen was brought to this city
yesterday from Humboldt Bay. II is to be
exposition to be held there. The dlmen sons of
the plank Length, I6 feet: width, ) feet 5
inches; thickness, inches. An endeavor is be-
ing made to cut larger one for the Mechanics
fair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

A BOTTLE OF ANGoSTURA BITTERS to flavor
your lemonad or any other cold drink will keep
you free from dyspepsia, collie darrhoea, and all
diseases originating from the digestive organs.
Be to get the genuine Aneostura manu-
featured by DR.. j. G. b. Siegert Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

way to abolish poverty and emancipate labor is
to put money in the anti-poverty contribution
box and subscribe to Henry Georges paper. and
then. if there is anything left. buy copies of
Henry Georges books. That is called stimu-
lating thought, but to the unsympathetic OBJ
: it looks uncommonly like a scheme for
getting living by quackery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
St. Lonis and the Grand Army.

ST. Louis, Sept. 3.-Gen. d. P. Grier, chair
man of the local Grand Army executive COM
mttee and grand marshal OF the parade, in an
interview this evening made the following state
nent In regard To certain phases of Grand
Army affairs: The people of ST. Louis
without regard to party, religion or color
prepared to welcome the comrades
OF the Grand Army of the Republic. with open
arms, and their welcome and entertainments will
be OF the most cordial character. The parade
on the 9th will, he said, exceed in number and
imposing effects any that has been seen since
the war, and he characterized the reports which
have been afoat that obstacles
will be thrown in the way to make
unpleasant scenes. as simply false and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

Totas...- 10 Is "a IS TT Totals -..I2 10 "A 10
Game called on account of darkness.
Score by innings
New York o O o 80
Detroit o o 5 o 3 O-12
Earned runs-New York, g. Detroit s. Two-base
hits-O Rourke Brouthers Three-base hits-Gore.
Herman. White. Stolen base-Gore First base
balls-Gore. Conner ~. Brown, White, Hanlon.
Struck out-New York 5; Detroit s. Passed balls
Brown, i; Bennett. /. Wild pitch-Welch. Time
2:20. Umpre-Keefe, of New Yorks.
PHILADELPHIA, IA; CHICAGO, 3.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 3.-The Philadelphia
played ball all around the Chicago champions
to-day, winning by the score of Ia to 3. Bald
win and Daily gave way to Ryan and Petit in
the seventh inning. after three runs had been
cured by the Quakers. Andrews was taken sick
in tae sixth and Ferguson took his place. Bald
win was very wild, and when he put the ball
over the plate it generally hit hard.
Bastian reappeared with the Philadelphias and
played his usual brilliant game, besides batting
with effect Score:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
Sheriff Mnlvernon Not Killed.

PRESCOTT, A. r., Sept. "a telegram has
been received from Sheriff Muvernon, an
nouncine that he and his party have left Tonic
Basin, thus disproving the rumor that he and
the members of his party had been killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

HARTFORD, Conn, Sept 3.-The 2:33 race of
the grand circuit meeting at Charter Oak Pa. K
was trotted out this afternoon. One heat was
trotted yesterday. Governor Hill won in
straight heats. Time-2:21, 2:20a, 2:22.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05

got up by irresponsible persons for unworthy
ends. Every respectable citizen of St Louis
will. he asserted. appoint himself committee
of one to see that each comrade is not only
made warmly welcome. but during his stay
here he will be treated as honored guest of
the city. The feeling, he added, is not only
entertained by the people generally, but by all
the city officials from the Mayor down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-05
DETROIT.
NEW YORK.

Totals. 10 Is "a Is ~ Totals ...12 10 "a Is
Game called on account of darkness.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-06-09
MARK TWAIN AS A SOLDIER.
His Part i'm the Bloodiest Battle Ever
Fought i'm the Human History.

The following is from The Balti-
more american report of the twenty
second anniversary of the Veteran as
sociation of Maryland
MARK Twain responded to the
toast, "The Campfire" He was
greeted with cheers and applause.
"When your secretary invited me
to this reunion of the union veterans
of Maryland, he requested me to come
prepared to clear up q matter which
he said had long been subject of dis
pute and bad blood in war circles in
this country-to wit, the true dimen
sions of my military services in the
civil war and the effect which they
had upon the general result. l recog-
nized the Importance of this thing to
history, and l have come prepared.
Here are the details. / was in the
civil war two weeks. In that brief
time | rose from private to second
lieutenant. The monumental feature
of my campaign was the one battle
which my command fought-it was
in the summer of '6l. II l do say it,
it was the bloodiest battle ever fought
in the human history there is moth
ing approaching it for the destruction
of human lite in the field, if you take
in consideration the forces engaged and
the proportion of death to survival. And
yet you do not even know the name
of that battle. Neither do |. 1t had
name but have forgotten it. 1t
is no use to keep up private informa-
ton which you can'S show off. Now
look at the way history does. 1t tax
es the battle of Boonveille, fought near
by about the date of our slaughter,
and shouts its teeth loose over it, and
yet never mentions ours ; don't even
call it an "affair J" dosen't call it any,